Rice finding 2230
Source evidence and comparison details for the Rice profile.
Parboiled rice · Inorganic arsenic (iAs) · 131 analytical results/samples of rice grain with iAs data (Table 4 sum 1,756 + 7 red rice; text states n = 1,768); 13,608 iAs results overall in food and water.
Selected finding and reference
131 analytical results/samples of rice grain with iAs data (Table 4 sum 1,756 + 7 red rice; text states n = 1,768); 13,608 iAs results overall in food and water. Basis: as reported to EFSA (whole/as-sold food; basis not stated, not dry-weight corrected).
UB: substitution method; LB sets <LOD/<LOQ to zero, UB sets <LOD to LOD and LOD-LOQ to LOQ (Section 2.1.2). This finding is the UB estimate.
HMI baseline position
Limited data: The source reports a range, percentile or extreme value; only a mean, median or sample result can be positioned against a reference. Missing evidence never means low contamination.
The source reports a range, percentile or extreme value; only a mean, median or sample result can be positioned against a reference.
Reference version and interpretation
Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.
No admitted reference
The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.
Collection period
2013–2018
No year-by-year sample register is reconstructed from this summary.
Geographic scope
Rice, parboiled
Rice variety or type within one study.
Sampling, analysis and reporting limits
Various laboratory methods reported by data providers; ICP-MS dominant (n=3,521 of food iAs results), also HG-AAS, ICP-HGAES, HPLC-HGAFS, HPLC-ICP-MS.
UB: substitution method; LB sets <LOD/<LOQ to zero, UB sets <LOD to LOD and LOD-LOQ to LOQ (Section 2.1.2). This finding is the UB estimate.
Shared samples and study overlap
Subgroup rows, statistics of the same subgroup and the study total share samples; they are not independent results.
Each table row describes a food/analyte result. Repeated rows do not add independent samples or datasets. No cross-study trend is calculated in this comparison mode.
Reported values, conversion and source locator
| Source statistic | Original result | Displayed unit conversion |
|---|---|---|
| 95th percentile | Rice, parboiled N=131; 95th percentile UB = 159 µg/kg (Table 4 prints LB and UB columns: 159 / 159) | none |
Table 4 'Summary statistics (µg/kg) of iAs in different types of rice', p. 15.
No moisture, cooking-yield or species conversion is applied to the original finding above. Any basis conversion used for its HMI comparison is stated separately with the numerical target.